Global Patent Index - EP 1174383 A1

EP 1174383 A1 20020123 - ESCALATOR

Title (en)

ESCALATOR

Title (de)

FAHRTREPPE

Title (fr)

ESCALIER ROULANT

Publication

EP 1174383 A1 20020123 (EN)

Application

EP 99917158 A 19990426

Priority

JP 9902210 W 19990426

Abstract (en)

In an escalator having a lot of steps connected to be an endless chain and moved, means for shifting a rotation locus of step forward wheels at both end portions toward end portions of the escalator than a rotation locus of the chain is provided. A forward wheel guide means for guiding so as to extend, at both end portions of the escalator, a straight distance between forward wheels of adjacent two steps, which distance tends to be shortened by the chain drawing an arc at the both end portions is provided. By those constructions, interference between adjacent steps is hard to occur even if a rotation diameter of the steps at each end portion of the escalator is made small. Therefore, the rotation diameter of the steps can be made smaller than a conventional one and the escalator thickness size can be made small. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

B66B 23/02; B66B 23/14

IPC 8 full level

B66B 23/02 (2006.01); B66B 23/14 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR US)

B66B 23/02 (2013.01 - EP US); B66B 23/026 (2013.01 - EP US); B66B 23/14 (2013.01 - EP KR US); B66B 23/147 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 0064799 A1 20001102; CN 1173877 C 20041103; CN 1337917 A 20020227; DE 69932640 D1 20060914; DE 69932640 T2 20070809; DE 69940408 D1 20090326; EP 1174383 A1 20020123; EP 1174383 A4 20021106; EP 1174383 B1 20060802; EP 1471031 A1 20041027; EP 1471031 B1 20090211; JP 3704363 B2 20051012; KR 100445362 B1 20040821; KR 100446920 B1 20040903; KR 20020006025 A 20020118; KR 20040014674 A 20040214; TW 542820 B 20030721; US 6390270 B1 20020521

DOCDB simple family (application)

JP 9902210 W 19990426; CN 99816380 A 19990426; DE 69932640 T 19990426; DE 69940408 T 19990426; EP 04010239 A 19990426; EP 99917158 A 19990426; JP 53238099 A 19990426; KR 20017011080 A 20010830; KR 20047001242 A 19990426; TW 89101845 A 20000202; US 48633000 A 20000225